Bin men attacked with machete, hammer and baseball bat in Doncaster street

Claire Lewis

Bin men were attacked by thugs armed with a baseball bat, hammer and machete on a Doncaster street, horrified residents have claimed.

The attack took place in Lower Kenyon Street, Thorne, yesterday morning while two bin men were in the middle of their round.

Shocked residents claim three men pulled up in a car, attacked the bin men then sped off from the scene.

One of the bin men suffered serious injuries in the attack, including slash wounds to his head.

Some residents who went to his aid climbed under the bin lorry he was slumped under to try to stem the bleeding before paramedics arrived to take over.

One woman said witnesses to the attack said it was terrifying.

"When I heard what had happened I went outside and saw that people were ringing the police. Then I saw a bin man under the truck covered in blood," she said.

"It was all over his head and face and the ground around him but thankfully he was conscious.

"The other bin man said he was just hit on his arm so he was fine, but the one on the ground had two slash marks to his head and one under his chin. He said he had seen the machete but hadn't thought he had been slashed with it, but looking at his wounds he obviously had.

"He was complaining more about his leg being in pain and apparently he was hit in his back with a hammer.

"People who saw it happen said it was terrifying."

She said residents were horrified at the attack.

"I can't believe that this would happen in broad daylight on a street where there are lots of kids," she said.